From Fox News: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., sparred with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday over the partial government shutdown.
During an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Stephanopoulos accused Johnson and Republicans of wanting to shut down the government to avoid continuing to fund Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans. The House Speaker pushed back on that claim.
“The Democrats’ proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage or paying higher health care premiums. Why are you against that?” Stephanopoulos asked.
“That’s an absurd statement, what you said there,” Johnson replied. “It’s a factual statement,” Stephanopoulos shot back.
Democrats insist on extending tax credits for the Affordable Care Act beyond this year in any agreement, a provision Republicans reject. As Johnson pointed out, the measure could give healthcare access to illegal immigrants.
“No, George. Let me tell you what happened last night,” Johnson explained. “Everybody can go and review the facts for themselves. Forty-four Senate Democrats voted to reject a clean, non-partisan, continuing-funding resolution to keep the United States government open. The Democrats said instead that they wanted to give healthcare to illegal aliens instead of keeping critical services provided for the American citizens.”
“That’s what happened, plain and simple,” he added.
WATCH:
PART 2: After Johnson explained exactly how Democrats ARE plotting to give benefits to illegal aliens, Stephanopoulos conceded, “you’ve made your point,” and rushed to change the subject:
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos lectures Speaker Mike Johnson by telling him “here are the facts,” claiming illegal aliens have not and will not benefit from government health care.
Once Johnson explains it, Stephanopoulos embarrassingly huffs “you’ve made your point there” and… pic.twitter.com/vnso4v5yk7
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